The National tribune., 1887-07-14
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Personal.

| O.. W. Clayberger, Co. G, 1ssth Pa, Brandon
vile, Pa, says he has none but the most kindly
| recolleetiOns Of Gen. Butler, in whose command
! he served. The writer wonders why so little
is said about him now. He also pays high
compliment to Gen. John q. Black, who, he
thinks, is the right man in the right place as
| Commissioner of Pensions.
James q. Thompson, Co. A, 18th Ohio, Gait,
Cal, was glad to hear from Comraie Frederick,
of the 49th Ohio, and hopes he will "toot his
horn" again.
Frank santabar, Co. i, 5th N. Y. Cav, Sara
toga Springs, N. Y, says that If any of the
members Of his regiment attend the cavalry
Reunion at that place he would be glad to have
them call on him at 435 Broadway.
| John Ryan, Co. ID, SD and 97th ". Y, Wad-
/ dington, N. Y, adds his testimony to the
marked efficiency and promptuess of Gen.
Black in adjusting the claims of pensioners.
| The writer says he was wounded in the battle
Of the Wilderness, taken prisoner and confined
| In Libby, AnderSOnville and other prisons.
Everything he had, even to his wife's photo
| graph, was confiseated by the rebels. When
| captured he weighed lS5 pounds, and when re-
leased from confinement about year later he
weighed but rs.
Geo. W. Killing, haywood, Ill, says he is
pensioner at the rate of 81 per month for wound
in the foot. He has tried three times for an
increase, but Is informed by the Commissioner
that he is now receiving all the law entities
| him to for his degree of disability. He would
| have been benefited by the vetoed pension
BILL and deeply regrets the failure of that meas
ure. He wishes to ask the whereabouts of Ben
jamin Wimpe. or his brother Albert, who
served in the 9TH Iowa They were cousins of
the writer, and he has never heard from them
| since the regiment left for the front.
+. w. Morgan, Co. h, 4th N. Y. II. A., We'll
| lingtOn, o.. will be very glad to render any
| assistance in his power to his old comrades who
may need the benefit of his recolections. He
| was with his company from its organization,
jane 81 1863, until wounded. May 10, 1864.
III. j. Millrew, Co. G., lO0th Pa, Hamilton,
Mich, wishes to say a word in behalf of Corpl
| Tanner, whose war record seems to have been
| questioned. He says Tanner was no skulker
| or hummer, but was as brave and faithful q sol
| der as ever carried musket.
Henry Wettis Co. ID. 50th Ohio, Richmond,
Ind, thinks his claim for pension was unjustly
| rejected by the Pension Commissioner. He
says be was severely wounded by the accidental
| discharge of gun in the hands of a cOmrade
| while lying in his tent. The Commissioner
| claims the injury was not received in the line
of duty, which the writer thinks is very
unfair decision.
p Snyder, Co F, 10th Ohio, Greenwich.
| o., says he enlisted in February, 1864, when Is
years of age, and joined his regiment at Baton
Rouge, Ia. tie would like to hear from his
old comrades of Co. +; especially Dick Biggs,
| to whom the writer gave his pocket handker-
/ chief to bind up his leg when he was wosnded.
| Michael McGuinness, Lawrence, Mass, re-
| ferring to the newspaper controversy as to
whether Admiral Farra2ut was lashed to the
mast of the Hartford when the fleet entered
Mobile Bay, says that Thomas O'Connor. No. 1
| Mill St., Lawrence, Mass, can tell all about it.
| He was Corporal on the Hartford, and cut the
ratline with which the Admiral was dashed to
| the mast.
Henry Churchill, Phillipsburg, Kan. would
be very glad to correspond with any OF his old
comrades of Co. Z, 9th Kan. Cav.
Josiah III. Carter, Go. A, 18th Me-, address not
given,) regrets that he does not see anything in
| The NATIONAL TRIBUNE from members of his
| regiment. Correcting a statement he saw in
| the paper, he says it was j. +. TOtman, of Co.
A, and Serg't Frank Haskell, Co. ii. 18th Me-,
who captured Gen. Joseph Z. Johnston at
SpOttsylvania May IL, 1864. THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE informs the comrade that he is mis-
taken in the identity of the General who was
! captured at that time. Gen. Joseph Z. John
| ston was not at that time in Lees army, but
was commanding the army opposed to Gen.
| Sherman in Georgia; nor was he ever taken
prisoner during the war until the final surren-
der in 1865. 1t was Gen. Edward Johnson who
was captured at Spottsylvania.
Random Shots.
A. R. Carr, Co. b, 18th Ind and Co. G., 3ith
Ind, Tacoma, W. T., says Comrade Butterfeld
was very nearly correct in his sketch of the
fight at Second Bull Run, Aug. 80 1862 Re-
ferring to the question of the last fight of the
war, he says they had quite skirmish on the
18th of May, 1865.
p. Robertson, 106th n. Y, 10 Clifford street,
Syracuse, n. Y, favors the proposition to erect
| a monument on the field of MOnOcacy, which
battle. he says, saved Washington from cap
ture by Gen. Early. It was chiefly fought on
~ II = >
| Sixth Corps New York, Vermont, New Jer-
sey, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio were
represented in that division. He hopes the
! survivors will take hold Of the matter and will
| formulate plan by which a monument can be
secured. Then, he says, it will be we'll to hold
a Reunion on the battlefield in 1853.
C.. J. Brace, Drummer Co. G., 9TH Wis, Mer-
! rill, Wis, was glad to see the article from Com
rade Peaks, Co. b, 9th Ne. He says these two
regiments were comrades in the same brigade,
and did much heavy and hot work from 1S6l
| until 1865. He says Comrade Peaks is correct in
regard to the battle of Gettysburg. He would
like to know when and where the 9TH Wis.
| will hold its next Reunion.
VIM. MahOn, Auburn, Me-, WAS much inter-.
ested in Comrade Whtaker's account of the
battle of Brandy Station. He would like to
ask what regiment it was that came on the
! field ut gallop and scattered the enemy It
| then swept up the hill and captured battery
and stand of colors and 70 prisoners.
Jason NJ. Mead, Co. G, lst Tenn, Bolivar,
| Mo-, says he enlisted Aug. Q, 1861, running
away from his home near Knoxville. Tenn.
| His regiment was commanded by Col. X. h.
Byrd, aud after being drilled q month entered
into active service. The writer gives brief
sketch of the company aud the battles in which
| it participated.
ii. G. Burns, Co. III, 14th Pa Cav, Pitts5urg.
| Pa, thinks the soldiers should put an en-
phatic veto on the political aspirations of all
who are unfrendy to them and are not willing
to give them justice.
Hiram Bowling, Co. E, 37th Ind, st. Omer,
| Ind, says he has never seen anything in The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE from the 37th, but he
wishes to inform the world that there was such
a regiment, aud that it did its full share in put
| ting down the rebellion.
Il. e. McWilliams, Co. F, 10th Pa Cav, YER
della, Mo-, thinks he must be the only sur
vivOr of his regiment, as he cannot hear of any
others. He gives some recollections of the
+, hard service Of his regiment in the Army of
| the Potomac.
The Shenandoah Waller.
c. C. Reed, Corporal, Co. /. 14th N. j.. C1arks-
burg, n. j.. would be glad TO see a correct and
| carefully-prepared account of the battle of Ope-
qnan, fought in the Shenandoah Valley Sept.
-, 1854 The writer lost his right arm early in
that fight.
Is Calkins, First Sergeant, Co. NJ. 2d N. Y.